Legendes écrites dans Folklore and Legends: Scotland (27 legendes)
- The fairies and the dancer
[Ballinroon (Waterford / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (22 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/06/26.
Themes: TOM BOURKE lives in a low, long farm-house, resembling in outward appearance a large barn, placed at the bottom of the hill, just where the new road strikes off from the old one, leading from the town of Kilworth to that of Lismore. He is of a class of persons … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (22 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/06/26.
Themes: TOM BOURKE lives in a low, long farm-house, resembling in outward appearance a large barn, placed at the bottom of the hill, just where the new road strikes off from the old one, leading from the town of Kilworth to that of Lismore. He is of a class of persons … Read more
- The fairies and the dancer
[Ballinroon (Waterford / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (22 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/06/26.
Themes: TOM BOURKE lives in a low, long farm-house, resembling in outward appearance a large barn, placed at the bottom of the hill, just where the new road strikes off from the old one, leading from the town of Kilworth to that of Lismore. He is of a class of persons … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (22 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/06/26.
Themes: TOM BOURKE lives in a low, long farm-house, resembling in outward appearance a large barn, placed at the bottom of the hill, just where the new road strikes off from the old one, leading from the town of Kilworth to that of Lismore. He is of a class of persons … Read more
[Inchrory (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/03/26.
Themes: One upon a time a tenant in the neighbourhood of Cairngorm, in Strathspey, emigrated with his family and cattle to the forest of Glenavon, which is well known to be inhabited by many fairies as well as ghosts. Two of his sons being out late one night in search of … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/03/26.
Themes: One upon a time a tenant in the neighbourhood of Cairngorm, in Strathspey, emigrated with his family and cattle to the forest of Glenavon, which is well known to be inhabited by many fairies as well as ghosts. Two of his sons being out late one night in search of … Read more
[Inchrory (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/03/26.
Themes: One upon a time a tenant in the neighbourhood of Cairngorm, in Strathspey, emigrated with his family and cattle to the forest of Glenavon, which is well known to be inhabited by many fairies as well as ghosts. Two of his sons being out late one night in search of … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/03/26.
Themes: One upon a time a tenant in the neighbourhood of Cairngorm, in Strathspey, emigrated with his family and cattle to the forest of Glenavon, which is well known to be inhabited by many fairies as well as ghosts. Two of his sons being out late one night in search of … Read more
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- Conon Old Burial Ground
[Conon Bridge (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/02/26.
Themes: “The Conan is as bonny a river as we hae in a’ the north country. There’s mony a sweet sunny spot on its banks, an’ mony a time an’ aft hae I waded through its shallows, whan a boy, to set my little scautling-line for the trouts an’ the eels, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/02/26.
Themes: “The Conan is as bonny a river as we hae in a’ the north country. There’s mony a sweet sunny spot on its banks, an’ mony a time an’ aft hae I waded through its shallows, whan a boy, to set my little scautling-line for the trouts an’ the eels, … Read more
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- Conon Old Burial Ground
[Conon Bridge (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/02/26.
Themes: “The Conan is as bonny a river as we hae in a’ the north country. There’s mony a sweet sunny spot on its banks, an’ mony a time an’ aft hae I waded through its shallows, whan a boy, to set my little scautling-line for the trouts an’ the eels, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/02/26.
Themes: “The Conan is as bonny a river as we hae in a’ the north country. There’s mony a sweet sunny spot on its banks, an’ mony a time an’ aft hae I waded through its shallows, whan a boy, to set my little scautling-line for the trouts an’ the eels, … Read more
Walter Baxter / The Rhymer Stone
- The Rhymer's Stone
[Earlston, Newstead (Scottish Borders / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/02/26.
Themes: THOMAS, of Ercildoun, in Lauderdale, called the Rhymer, on account of his producing a poetical romance on the subject of Tristrem and Yseult, which is curious as the earliest specimen of English verse known to exist, flourished in the reign of Alexander III. of Scotland. Like other men of talent … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/02/26.
Themes: THOMAS, of Ercildoun, in Lauderdale, called the Rhymer, on account of his producing a poetical romance on the subject of Tristrem and Yseult, which is curious as the earliest specimen of English verse known to exist, flourished in the reign of Alexander III. of Scotland. Like other men of talent … Read more
[Earlston, Newstead (Scottish Borders / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/02/26.
Themes: THOMAS, of Ercildoun, in Lauderdale, called the Rhymer, on account of his producing a poetical romance on the subject of Tristrem and Yseult, which is curious as the earliest specimen of English verse known to exist, flourished in the reign of Alexander III. of Scotland. Like other men of talent … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/02/26.
Themes: THOMAS, of Ercildoun, in Lauderdale, called the Rhymer, on account of his producing a poetical romance on the subject of Tristrem and Yseult, which is curious as the earliest specimen of English verse known to exist, flourished in the reign of Alexander III. of Scotland. Like other men of talent … Read more
Walter Baxter / The Rhymer Stone
- The Rhymer's Stone
- Peasant Offering a Garment to the Fairies
[Denholm (Scottish Borders / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 20/02/26.
Themes: There have been from time immemorial at Hawick, during the two or three last weeks of the year, markets once a week, for the disposal of sheep for slaughter, at which the greater number of people, both in the middle and poorer classes of life, have been accustomed to provide … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 20/02/26.
Themes: There have been from time immemorial at Hawick, during the two or three last weeks of the year, markets once a week, for the disposal of sheep for slaughter, at which the greater number of people, both in the middle and poorer classes of life, have been accustomed to provide … Read more
- Peasant Offering a Garment to the Fairies
[Denholm (Scottish Borders / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 20/02/26.
Themes: There have been from time immemorial at Hawick, during the two or three last weeks of the year, markets once a week, for the disposal of sheep for slaughter, at which the greater number of people, both in the middle and poorer classes of life, have been accustomed to provide … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 20/02/26.
Themes: There have been from time immemorial at Hawick, during the two or three last weeks of the year, markets once a week, for the disposal of sheep for slaughter, at which the greater number of people, both in the middle and poorer classes of life, have been accustomed to provide … Read more
[Capplegill (Dumfries and Galloway / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 added by Fabien
Published on 18/02/26.
Themes: The last Brownie known in Ettrick Forest resided in Bodsbeck, a wild and solitary spot, near the head of Moffat Water, where he exercised his functions undisturbed, till the scrupulous devotion of an old lady induced her to “hire him away,” as it was termed, by placing in his haunt … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 added by Fabien
Published on 18/02/26.
Themes: The last Brownie known in Ettrick Forest resided in Bodsbeck, a wild and solitary spot, near the head of Moffat Water, where he exercised his functions undisturbed, till the scrupulous devotion of an old lady induced her to “hire him away,” as it was termed, by placing in his haunt … Read more
[Capplegill (Dumfries and Galloway / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 added by Fabien
Published on 18/02/26.
Themes: The last Brownie known in Ettrick Forest resided in Bodsbeck, a wild and solitary spot, near the head of Moffat Water, where he exercised his functions undisturbed, till the scrupulous devotion of an old lady induced her to “hire him away,” as it was termed, by placing in his haunt … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 added by Fabien
Published on 18/02/26.
Themes: The last Brownie known in Ettrick Forest resided in Bodsbeck, a wild and solitary spot, near the head of Moffat Water, where he exercised his functions undisturbed, till the scrupulous devotion of an old lady induced her to “hire him away,” as it was termed, by placing in his haunt … Read more
[Moray (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/02/26.
Themes: Two celebrated ghosts existed, once on a time, in the wilds of Craig-Aulnaic, a romantic place in the district of Strathdown, Banffshire. The one was a male and the other a female. The male was called Fhuna Mhoir Ben Baynac, after one of the mountains of Glenavon, where at one … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/02/26.
Themes: Two celebrated ghosts existed, once on a time, in the wilds of Craig-Aulnaic, a romantic place in the district of Strathdown, Banffshire. The one was a male and the other a female. The male was called Fhuna Mhoir Ben Baynac, after one of the mountains of Glenavon, where at one … Read more
[Moray (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/02/26.
Themes: Two celebrated ghosts existed, once on a time, in the wilds of Craig-Aulnaic, a romantic place in the district of Strathdown, Banffshire. The one was a male and the other a female. The male was called Fhuna Mhoir Ben Baynac, after one of the mountains of Glenavon, where at one … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/02/26.
Themes: Two celebrated ghosts existed, once on a time, in the wilds of Craig-Aulnaic, a romantic place in the district of Strathdown, Banffshire. The one was a male and the other a female. The male was called Fhuna Mhoir Ben Baynac, after one of the mountains of Glenavon, where at one … Read more
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- Berwick-upon-Tweed
[Lintalee (Scottish Borders, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Northumberland / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 14/02/26.
Themes: Sir James Douglas, the companion of Bruce, and well known by his appellation of the “Black Douglas,” was once, during the hottest period of the exterminating war carried on by him and his colleague Randolph against the English, stationed at Linthaughlee, near Jedburgh. He was resting, himself and his men, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 14/02/26.
Themes: Sir James Douglas, the companion of Bruce, and well known by his appellation of the “Black Douglas,” was once, during the hottest period of the exterminating war carried on by him and his colleague Randolph against the English, stationed at Linthaughlee, near Jedburgh. He was resting, himself and his men, … Read more
[Lintalee (Scottish Borders, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Northumberland / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 14/02/26.
Themes: Sir James Douglas, the companion of Bruce, and well known by his appellation of the “Black Douglas,” was once, during the hottest period of the exterminating war carried on by him and his colleague Randolph against the English, stationed at Linthaughlee, near Jedburgh. He was resting, himself and his men, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 14/02/26.
Themes: Sir James Douglas, the companion of Bruce, and well known by his appellation of the “Black Douglas,” was once, during the hottest period of the exterminating war carried on by him and his colleague Randolph against the English, stationed at Linthaughlee, near Jedburgh. He was resting, himself and his men, … Read more
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- Berwick-upon-Tweed
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- Chanonry Point and Fort George
[Fortrose, Rosemarkie (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (7 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/02/26.
Themes: In the early part of Michael Scott’s life he was in the habit of emigrating annually to the Scottish metropolis, for the purpose of being employed in his capacity of mason. One time, as he and two companions were journeying to the place of their destination for a similar object, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (7 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/02/26.
Themes: In the early part of Michael Scott’s life he was in the habit of emigrating annually to the Scottish metropolis, for the purpose of being employed in his capacity of mason. One time, as he and two companions were journeying to the place of their destination for a similar object, … Read more
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- Chanonry Point and Fort George
[Fortrose, Rosemarkie (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (7 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/02/26.
Themes: In the early part of Michael Scott’s life he was in the habit of emigrating annually to the Scottish metropolis, for the purpose of being employed in his capacity of mason. One time, as he and two companions were journeying to the place of their destination for a similar object, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (7 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/02/26.
Themes: In the early part of Michael Scott’s life he was in the habit of emigrating annually to the Scottish metropolis, for the purpose of being employed in his capacity of mason. One time, as he and two companions were journeying to the place of their destination for a similar object, … Read more
- The seal's hunter
[John o' Groats (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/02/26.
Themes: There was once upon a time a man who lived upon the northern coasts, not far from “Taigh Jan Crot Callow” (John-o’-Groat’s House), and he gained his livelihood by catching and killing fish, of all sizes and denominations. He had a particular liking for the killing of those wonderful beasts, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/02/26.
Themes: There was once upon a time a man who lived upon the northern coasts, not far from “Taigh Jan Crot Callow” (John-o’-Groat’s House), and he gained his livelihood by catching and killing fish, of all sizes and denominations. He had a particular liking for the killing of those wonderful beasts, … Read more
[John o' Groats (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/02/26.
Themes: There was once upon a time a man who lived upon the northern coasts, not far from “Taigh Jan Crot Callow” (John-o’-Groat’s House), and he gained his livelihood by catching and killing fish, of all sizes and denominations. He had a particular liking for the killing of those wonderful beasts, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/02/26.
Themes: There was once upon a time a man who lived upon the northern coasts, not far from “Taigh Jan Crot Callow” (John-o’-Groat’s House), and he gained his livelihood by catching and killing fish, of all sizes and denominations. He had a particular liking for the killing of those wonderful beasts, … Read more
- The seal's hunter
- Brownie and horse
[Smailholm (Scottish Borders / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/02/26.
Themes: The Scottish Brownie formed a class of being distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish and mischievous elves. He was meagre, shaggy, and wild in his appearance. Thus Cleland, in his satire against the Highlanders, compares them to: *“Faunes, or Brownies, if ye will,* *Or Satyres come from Atlas … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/02/26.
Themes: The Scottish Brownie formed a class of being distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish and mischievous elves. He was meagre, shaggy, and wild in his appearance. Thus Cleland, in his satire against the Highlanders, compares them to: *“Faunes, or Brownies, if ye will,* *Or Satyres come from Atlas … Read more
- Brownie and horse
[Smailholm (Scottish Borders / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/02/26.
Themes: The Scottish Brownie formed a class of being distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish and mischievous elves. He was meagre, shaggy, and wild in his appearance. Thus Cleland, in his satire against the Highlanders, compares them to: *“Faunes, or Brownies, if ye will,* *Or Satyres come from Atlas … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/02/26.
Themes: The Scottish Brownie formed a class of being distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish and mischievous elves. He was meagre, shaggy, and wild in his appearance. Thus Cleland, in his satire against the Highlanders, compares them to: *“Faunes, or Brownies, if ye will,* *Or Satyres come from Atlas … Read more
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- Ve Skerries
[Helligoblo (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/02/26.
Themes: Of mermen and merwomen many strange stories are told in the Shetland Isles. Beneath the depths of the ocean, according to these stories, an atmosphere exists adapted to the respiratory organs of certain beings, resembling, in form, the human race, possessed of surpassing beauty, of limited supernatural powers, and liable … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/02/26.
Themes: Of mermen and merwomen many strange stories are told in the Shetland Isles. Beneath the depths of the ocean, according to these stories, an atmosphere exists adapted to the respiratory organs of certain beings, resembling, in form, the human race, possessed of surpassing beauty, of limited supernatural powers, and liable … Read more
[Helligoblo (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/02/26.
Themes: Of mermen and merwomen many strange stories are told in the Shetland Isles. Beneath the depths of the ocean, according to these stories, an atmosphere exists adapted to the respiratory organs of certain beings, resembling, in form, the human race, possessed of surpassing beauty, of limited supernatural powers, and liable … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/02/26.
Themes: Of mermen and merwomen many strange stories are told in the Shetland Isles. Beneath the depths of the ocean, according to these stories, an atmosphere exists adapted to the respiratory organs of certain beings, resembling, in form, the human race, possessed of surpassing beauty, of limited supernatural powers, and liable … Read more
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- Ve Skerries
- The Peasant Woman Gives Flour to the Fairy
[Berdule (Scottish Borders / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 04/02/26.
Themes: About the beginning of harvest, there having been a want of meal for shearers’ bread in the farmhouse of Bedrule, a small quantity of barley (being all that was yet ripe) was cut down and converted into meal. Mrs. Buckham, the farmer’s wife, rose early in the morning to bake … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 04/02/26.
Themes: About the beginning of harvest, there having been a want of meal for shearers’ bread in the farmhouse of Bedrule, a small quantity of barley (being all that was yet ripe) was cut down and converted into meal. Mrs. Buckham, the farmer’s wife, rose early in the morning to bake … Read more
- The Peasant Woman Gives Flour to the Fairy
[Berdule (Scottish Borders / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 04/02/26.
Themes: About the beginning of harvest, there having been a want of meal for shearers’ bread in the farmhouse of Bedrule, a small quantity of barley (being all that was yet ripe) was cut down and converted into meal. Mrs. Buckham, the farmer’s wife, rose early in the morning to bake … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 04/02/26.
Themes: About the beginning of harvest, there having been a want of meal for shearers’ bread in the farmhouse of Bedrule, a small quantity of barley (being all that was yet ripe) was cut down and converted into meal. Mrs. Buckham, the farmer’s wife, rose early in the morning to bake … Read more
- The Fairy and the Peat
[Lanark (South Lanarkshire / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/02/26.
Themes: Early in the seventeenth century, John Smith, a barn-man at a farm, was sent by his master to cast divots (turf) on the green immediately behind Merlin’s Craig. After having laboured for a considerable time, there came round from the front of the rock a little woman, about eighteen inches … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/02/26.
Themes: Early in the seventeenth century, John Smith, a barn-man at a farm, was sent by his master to cast divots (turf) on the green immediately behind Merlin’s Craig. After having laboured for a considerable time, there came round from the front of the rock a little woman, about eighteen inches … Read more
[Lanark (South Lanarkshire / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/02/26.
Themes: Early in the seventeenth century, John Smith, a barn-man at a farm, was sent by his master to cast divots (turf) on the green immediately behind Merlin’s Craig. After having laboured for a considerable time, there came round from the front of the rock a little woman, about eighteen inches … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/02/26.
Themes: Early in the seventeenth century, John Smith, a barn-man at a farm, was sent by his master to cast divots (turf) on the green immediately behind Merlin’s Craig. After having laboured for a considerable time, there came round from the front of the rock a little woman, about eighteen inches … Read more
- The Fairy and the Peat
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- Tobar Challuim Chille (St. Columba's Well)
[Cleadale (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 01/02/26.
Themes: SOON after Saint Columba established his residence in Iona, tradition says that he paid a visit to a great seminary of Druids, then in the vicinity, at a place called Camusnan Ceul, or Bay of Cells, in the district of Ardnamurchan. Several remains of Druidical circles are still to be … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 01/02/26.
Themes: SOON after Saint Columba established his residence in Iona, tradition says that he paid a visit to a great seminary of Druids, then in the vicinity, at a place called Camusnan Ceul, or Bay of Cells, in the district of Ardnamurchan. Several remains of Druidical circles are still to be … Read more
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- Tobar Challuim Chille (St. Columba's Well)
[Cleadale (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 01/02/26.
Themes: SOON after Saint Columba established his residence in Iona, tradition says that he paid a visit to a great seminary of Druids, then in the vicinity, at a place called Camusnan Ceul, or Bay of Cells, in the district of Ardnamurchan. Several remains of Druidical circles are still to be … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 01/02/26.
Themes: SOON after Saint Columba established his residence in Iona, tradition says that he paid a visit to a great seminary of Druids, then in the vicinity, at a place called Camusnan Ceul, or Bay of Cells, in the district of Ardnamurchan. Several remains of Druidical circles are still to be … Read more
- The baby and the Gossip
[Minane Bridge (Cork / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/01/26.
Themes: At Minane, near Tracton, there was a young couple whose name was Mac Daniel, and they had such a fine, wholesome-looking child, that the fairies determined on having it in their company, and putting a changeling in its place. But it so happened that Mrs. Mac Daniel had a gossip … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/01/26.
Themes: At Minane, near Tracton, there was a young couple whose name was Mac Daniel, and they had such a fine, wholesome-looking child, that the fairies determined on having it in their company, and putting a changeling in its place. But it so happened that Mrs. Mac Daniel had a gossip … Read more
[Minane Bridge (Cork / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/01/26.
Themes: At Minane, near Tracton, there was a young couple whose name was Mac Daniel, and they had such a fine, wholesome-looking child, that the fairies determined on having it in their company, and putting a changeling in its place. But it so happened that Mrs. Mac Daniel had a gossip … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/01/26.
Themes: At Minane, near Tracton, there was a young couple whose name was Mac Daniel, and they had such a fine, wholesome-looking child, that the fairies determined on having it in their company, and putting a changeling in its place. But it so happened that Mrs. Mac Daniel had a gossip … Read more
- The baby and the Gossip
[Maidens (South Ayrshire / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 29/01/26.
Themes: In the days of yore, the proprietors of Colzean, in Ayrshire (ancestors of the Marquis of Ailsa), were known in that country by the title of Lairds o’ Co’, a name bestowed on Colzean from some co’s (or coves) in the rock beneath the castle. One morning, a very little … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 29/01/26.
Themes: In the days of yore, the proprietors of Colzean, in Ayrshire (ancestors of the Marquis of Ailsa), were known in that country by the title of Lairds o’ Co’, a name bestowed on Colzean from some co’s (or coves) in the rock beneath the castle. One morning, a very little … Read more
[Maidens (South Ayrshire / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 29/01/26.
Themes: In the days of yore, the proprietors of Colzean, in Ayrshire (ancestors of the Marquis of Ailsa), were known in that country by the title of Lairds o’ Co’, a name bestowed on Colzean from some co’s (or coves) in the rock beneath the castle. One morning, a very little … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 29/01/26.
Themes: In the days of yore, the proprietors of Colzean, in Ayrshire (ancestors of the Marquis of Ailsa), were known in that country by the title of Lairds o’ Co’, a name bestowed on Colzean from some co’s (or coves) in the rock beneath the castle. One morning, a very little … Read more
[Tomintoul, Blacksboat (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/01/26.
Themes: “Lateone night, as my grand-uncle, Lachlan Dhu Macpherson, who was well known as the best fiddler of his day, was returning home from a ball, at which he had acted as a musician, he had occasion to pass through the once-haunted Bog of Torrans. Now, it happened at that time … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/01/26.
Themes: “Lateone night, as my grand-uncle, Lachlan Dhu Macpherson, who was well known as the best fiddler of his day, was returning home from a ball, at which he had acted as a musician, he had occasion to pass through the once-haunted Bog of Torrans. Now, it happened at that time … Read more
[Tomintoul, Blacksboat (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/01/26.
Themes: “Lateone night, as my grand-uncle, Lachlan Dhu Macpherson, who was well known as the best fiddler of his day, was returning home from a ball, at which he had acted as a musician, he had occasion to pass through the once-haunted Bog of Torrans. Now, it happened at that time … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/01/26.
Themes: “Lateone night, as my grand-uncle, Lachlan Dhu Macpherson, who was well known as the best fiddler of his day, was returning home from a ball, at which he had acted as a musician, he had occasion to pass through the once-haunted Bog of Torrans. Now, it happened at that time … Read more
Kilchoan - Diary of a Scottish Village
- St Columba's Cave
[Swordle Farm (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/01/26.
Themes: Within a short distance of the Bay of Cells there is a cave very remarkable in its appearance, and still more so from the purposes to which it has been appropriated. Saint Columba, on one of his many voyages among the Hebrides, was benighted on this rocky coast, and the … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/01/26.
Themes: Within a short distance of the Bay of Cells there is a cave very remarkable in its appearance, and still more so from the purposes to which it has been appropriated. Saint Columba, on one of his many voyages among the Hebrides, was benighted on this rocky coast, and the … Read more
Kilchoan - Diary of a Scottish Village
- St Columba's Cave
[Swordle Farm (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/01/26.
Themes: Within a short distance of the Bay of Cells there is a cave very remarkable in its appearance, and still more so from the purposes to which it has been appropriated. Saint Columba, on one of his many voyages among the Hebrides, was benighted on this rocky coast, and the … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/01/26.
Themes: Within a short distance of the Bay of Cells there is a cave very remarkable in its appearance, and still more so from the purposes to which it has been appropriated. Saint Columba, on one of his many voyages among the Hebrides, was benighted on this rocky coast, and the … Read more
[Baltasound (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/01/26.
Themes: A Story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs; and, taking … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/01/26.
Themes: A Story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs; and, taking … Read more
[Baltasound (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/01/26.
Themes: A Story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs; and, taking … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/01/26.
Themes: A Story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs; and, taking … Read more
[Lochbuie (Argyll and Bute Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/01/26.
Themes: About three hundred years ago, Ewen Maclaine of Lochbuy, in the island of Mull, having been engaged in a quarrel with a neighbouring chief, a day was fixed for determining the affair by the sword. Lochbuy, before the day arrived, consulted a celebrated witch as to the result of the … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/01/26.
Themes: About three hundred years ago, Ewen Maclaine of Lochbuy, in the island of Mull, having been engaged in a quarrel with a neighbouring chief, a day was fixed for determining the affair by the sword. Lochbuy, before the day arrived, consulted a celebrated witch as to the result of the … Read more
[Lochbuie (Argyll and Bute Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/01/26.
Themes: About three hundred years ago, Ewen Maclaine of Lochbuy, in the island of Mull, having been engaged in a quarrel with a neighbouring chief, a day was fixed for determining the affair by the sword. Lochbuy, before the day arrived, consulted a celebrated witch as to the result of the … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/01/26.
Themes: About three hundred years ago, Ewen Maclaine of Lochbuy, in the island of Mull, having been engaged in a quarrel with a neighbouring chief, a day was fixed for determining the affair by the sword. Lochbuy, before the day arrived, consulted a celebrated witch as to the result of the … Read more
drewbhoy on the modern antiquarian
- Carlungie
[Barry, Panbride (Angus / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/01/26.
Themes: In the olden times, when it was the fashion for gentlemen to wear swords, the Laird of Balmachie went one day to Dundee, leaving his wife at home ill in bed. Riding home in the twilight, he had occasion to leave the high road; and when crossing between some little … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/01/26.
Themes: In the olden times, when it was the fashion for gentlemen to wear swords, the Laird of Balmachie went one day to Dundee, leaving his wife at home ill in bed. Riding home in the twilight, he had occasion to leave the high road; and when crossing between some little … Read more
[Barry, Panbride (Angus / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/01/26.
Themes: In the olden times, when it was the fashion for gentlemen to wear swords, the Laird of Balmachie went one day to Dundee, leaving his wife at home ill in bed. Riding home in the twilight, he had occasion to leave the high road; and when crossing between some little … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/01/26.
Themes: In the olden times, when it was the fashion for gentlemen to wear swords, the Laird of Balmachie went one day to Dundee, leaving his wife at home ill in bed. Riding home in the twilight, he had occasion to leave the high road; and when crossing between some little … Read more
drewbhoy on the modern antiquarian
- Carlungie
- the Young Bagpiper of County Tipperary
[Ballycahill (Tipperary / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (11 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/01/26.
Themes: There lived not long since, on the borders of the county Tipperary, a decent honest couple, whose names were Mick Flanigan and Judy Muldoon. These poor people were blessed, as the saying is, with four children, all boys: three of them were as fine, stout, healthy, good-looking children as ever … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (11 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/01/26.
Themes: There lived not long since, on the borders of the county Tipperary, a decent honest couple, whose names were Mick Flanigan and Judy Muldoon. These poor people were blessed, as the saying is, with four children, all boys: three of them were as fine, stout, healthy, good-looking children as ever … Read more
- the Young Bagpiper of County Tipperary
[Ballycahill (Tipperary / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (11 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/01/26.
Themes: There lived not long since, on the borders of the county Tipperary, a decent honest couple, whose names were Mick Flanigan and Judy Muldoon. These poor people were blessed, as the saying is, with four children, all boys: three of them were as fine, stout, healthy, good-looking children as ever … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (11 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/01/26.
Themes: There lived not long since, on the borders of the county Tipperary, a decent honest couple, whose names were Mick Flanigan and Judy Muldoon. These poor people were blessed, as the saying is, with four children, all boys: three of them were as fine, stout, healthy, good-looking children as ever … Read more
- The Horseman and the Fairies
[Ballinhassig (Cork / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/01/26.
Themes: JOHN MULLIGAN was as fine an old fellow as ever threw a Carlow spur into the sides of a horse. He was, besides, as jolly a boon companion over a jug of punch as you would meet from Carnsore Point to Bloody Farland. And a good horse he used to … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/01/26.
Themes: JOHN MULLIGAN was as fine an old fellow as ever threw a Carlow spur into the sides of a horse. He was, besides, as jolly a boon companion over a jug of punch as you would meet from Carnsore Point to Bloody Farland. And a good horse he used to … Read more
[Ballinhassig (Cork / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/01/26.
Themes: JOHN MULLIGAN was as fine an old fellow as ever threw a Carlow spur into the sides of a horse. He was, besides, as jolly a boon companion over a jug of punch as you would meet from Carnsore Point to Bloody Farland. And a good horse he used to … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/01/26.
Themes: JOHN MULLIGAN was as fine an old fellow as ever threw a Carlow spur into the sides of a horse. He was, besides, as jolly a boon companion over a jug of punch as you would meet from Carnsore Point to Bloody Farland. And a good horse he used to … Read more
- The Horseman and the Fairies
- Baby in the field
[Castlemartyr (Cork / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 09/01/26.
Themes: A young woman, whose name was Mary Scannell, lived with her husband not many years ago at Castle Martyr. One day in harvest time she went with several more to help in binding up the wheat, and left her child, which she was nursing, in a corner of the field—quite … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 09/01/26.
Themes: A young woman, whose name was Mary Scannell, lived with her husband not many years ago at Castle Martyr. One day in harvest time she went with several more to help in binding up the wheat, and left her child, which she was nursing, in a corner of the field—quite … Read more
- Baby in the field
[Castlemartyr (Cork / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 09/01/26.
Themes: A young woman, whose name was Mary Scannell, lived with her husband not many years ago at Castle Martyr. One day in harvest time she went with several more to help in binding up the wheat, and left her child, which she was nursing, in a corner of the field—quite … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 09/01/26.
Themes: A young woman, whose name was Mary Scannell, lived with her husband not many years ago at Castle Martyr. One day in harvest time she went with several more to help in binding up the wheat, and left her child, which she was nursing, in a corner of the field—quite … Read more